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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1917
Page
4
The document lists prices for annual and shorter newspaper subscriptions in advance and notes The Evening Star is entered at the Winchester Virginia Post Office as second class mail matter. It emphasizes prepayment terms and the paper’s mail status for archival context.
A reflective verse by Walt Mason discusses youth fading as time passes and the dreams of youth giving way to age. It contrasts future hopes with past memories and laments the erosion of vitality and aspiration across a lifetime.
Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. conducted by a stranger from the Baltimore conference. Bishop I. N. Ross will be absent. another minister will preach in his stead. Sunday school begins at 2 30 p.m. Pastor Rev G Oliver Wing leads.
Mrs. Wisecarver buys the J. M. Frye plant nursery for four thousand dollars in cash. She is the daughter of the late Mr. Frye and takes over the business from the Frye estate.
The father of Mrs. B. N. Clark of 172 Fayette Street credits Dreco with restoring his daughter, mother of five, after health decline from household duties. He says hundreds report Dreco's quick relief for stomach, liver, kidney, rheumatic and asthma issues as Miller's Drug Store in Winchester promotes and explains the herbal medicine.
A reader from Charleston reports strong praise for Chamberlain's Tablets used for biliousness and as a mild laxative. She notes pleasant use and satisfactory results, and mentions her brother also had positive outcomes.
Rev George W Stover of United Brethren Church will leave next Tuesday for the one hundred eighteenth Virginia Conference in Petersburg West Virginia. Bishop William M Bell will preside. Stover reports a strong year with net church growth and full benevolence funds. A new church site has been purchased and the parsonage paid off. Last conference year services conclude tomorrow at 11 with Lord's Supper and a 6:45 Young People's meeting. no evening sermon.
Mr. John Boxwell, a well known plumber, reports the loss of two valuable dogs named Tippie and Boxwell. He believes the animals were poisoned as they died suddenly without prior illness.
The piece presents trench scenes and death-dealing machines with educational value. Originating from the French government archives, the pictures are described as authentically historic and grimly illustrative of the war in France.
The executor offers at public auction a 203 acre limestone farm once owned by Jacob H. Rinker. The sale on October 20 1917 at 1 30 p m occurs in Berryville Virginia with two parcels 113 acres with buildings and 90 acres unimproved. Possession March 1 1918 and payment terms one third cash then two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance.
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